Accidents - Pressure cookers or canners - 50+ years old - Years 1997-2010 - Head

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 158
See also: Other age groups, Other products, Other body parts.

Accidents - Years:

Year 2006:	86
Year 2007:	71

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 11/22/2007	Age: 63 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Pressure cookers or canners
PT WAS AT HOME, A PRESSURE COOKER EXPLODED , SHE TURNED AWAY FROM IT AND FELL CAUSING A CLOSED HEAD INJURY, L-1 FX
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 09/02/2006	Age: 56 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Pressure cookers or canners, Eyeglasses
PT WAS USING A PRESSURE COOKER AND WENT TO REMOVE LID AND IT EXPLODED , PT WAS WEARING GLASSES THAT FLEW OFF, DX: LACERATION TO HEAD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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